Kayleigh Ennis

On Tuesday 17^th May, we hosted Geiger Green Live, the UK’s first and to-date biggest event dedicated to promoting sustainable and eco marketing.

The Kia Oval in London, an award-winning venue and home to Surrey County Cricket Club, was chosen as the location for Geiger Green Live due to its commitment to sustainable practices in addition to its great facilities.

Some of our top suppliers from across the world gathered under one roof to showcase their latest promotional product ranges and sustainability initiatives. An exciting itinerary took place through the day including expert speakers Tristan Edmondson, Head of Responsible Sourcing at Sedex and Lilian Wing, Global Business Development Director at TerraCycle.

Representatives from some of the world’s biggest brands attended the event and saw thousands of ecofriendly merchandise ideas whilst learning about the progress being made by the industry to encourage more sustainable marketing activities.

Managing Director, Vicky Kinasz commented “Geiger Green Live was an incredible showcase for us and our supply partners to show how far our industry has moved forward in sustainable merchandise – I thank everyone for their support and contribution. Geiger is committed to driving the category forward and leading the way, as we announced earlier this year with our Geiger Sustainability Pledge. This will become an annual event for us as we continue on our journey to make a positive contribution to the sustainable development of our organization, people and planet.”

Our participating suppliers were overwhelmed with the interest in their sustainable product ranges.

Matt Pluckrose from promo tech specialists Desktop Ideas commented “It was a great event – one of the best I have ever attended in over 25 years in the industry”.

With lockdown restrictions now removed in the UK, public and corporate events are back and it’s great news for everyone as it’s a key indicator of business returning to normal.

Traditionally at this time of year, our clients are preparing for summer outdoor events and team building days, and it seems that this year will not be an exception! Our clients are rushing back to events and we’re providing all the support we can to help promote, host and engage attendees.

Whatever the nature of the event, they present various opportunities that we can help with:

Event promotion & invitations
We can supply products that can accompany invitations or be used to advertise an event. Low value, volume items to mail or hand out, or more discerning high end incentives.

Event hosting
Making an impact at your event is vital and there are so many options we can supply: event backdrops (flags, banner and table cloths), staff uniforms or a fantastic event bag – we have so many ideas.

Delegate / attendees gifts
Whether you need event goody bags, confectionery, conference packs or VIP gifts, we can help! 

If you’re planning an event; perhaps for a music festival, food festival, summer BBQ picnic or sales conference – we have the experience to help you make a huge impact. 

Summer Merchandise Packs

We can create bespoke merchandise packs containing all the essentials for a fun-filled summer!

Get in touch with one of our team today and let’s discuss how we can help!

On 17th May, we are hosting Geiger Green Live – UK’s biggest trade show for sustainable & eco promotional merchandise, at the Kia Oval in London.

Our very best suppliers from across the world are showcasing their latest promotional product ranges and sustainability initiatives. We have an exciting itinerary throughout the day including talks from key industry experts.

Designed to help brand owners, marketing, procurement and event professionals to see what’s new, demonstrate the products LIVE and to get informed about the exciting possibilities for eco incentives.

We hope to see you there!

Many of us have become more familiar with our pets as a result of working from home during lockdown, and many pets have been introduced to colleagues and customers by impromptu appearances on zoom calls.

The companionship of pets is now considered a significant aspect of workplace wellness. With April being stress awareness month, we’re recognising the impact that pets have in helping employees maintain work life balance and a positive work experience. A growing phenomena is the ‘bring your dog to work day”. As we all begin to return to more conventional working practices, workplace wellness is tipped to become a new trending topic and any employer who recognises the importance and value of domestic companions will be equally appreciated by employees.

Creative gift ideas are our speciality and ideas for workplace wellness are one of the current trends. Our teams have access to thousands of stock products and can design bespoke ideas too, providing customers with the freshest ideas in promo.

If you have a brief, give us the challenge and let’s see how we can surprise and delight you and your customers.

Branded Promotional Merchandise is designed to help promote messages, create emotional bonds and is a great way to support a specific cause, raise vital funds, recruit supporters or celebrate success!

It’s Pride month in June and we have a wide range of merchandise ideas our clients can choose from to show their support.

At Geiger we work with many charities and campaigns as well as assisting our corporate clients to promote their support for charities and campaigns, and there are so many different ways we can help.

> our apparel options are used widely by events teams to promote key messages
> our retail ranges are used to help raise vital funds 
> our eco ranges are used to help educate recipients of green initiatives and practices
> our gift ranges are used to recruit subscribers and reward participation

From a promotional event T-shirt, to a metal pin lapel badge, a commemorative hat to a custom printed tea towel – we can do the lot!

Remember, sometimes the function of a product or the materials used to make it can be as compelling and communicative as the message that is decorated on it. For instance, our range of sustainable and eco products are ideal for promoting sustainability campaigns. We recently promoted a range of items designed to help save the earth’s water too, which are ideal for green education campaigns.

If you’re looking for fun, impactful ideas to show your support for Pride month, talk to our team and let’s see how we can use merchandise to help promote, celebrate and be successful for you. 

Geiger UK is continuing to grow and welcomed this month four more employees in several new support service roles created to focus on continued operational excellence.

David Khalil joins the team in IT Support, Jeff Achola as Corporate Programme Coordinator, and Gislaine Goulart in their London Distribution Centre as Warehouse Administrator. Geiger UK also welcome Randy Liscano into the Finance team, working from their Philippines office.

“We are delighted to welcome four new associates on board this month. Each contribute a wide breadth of experience, and I can already see the hard work and enthusiasm they bring to the team,” commented Vicky Kinasz, Managing Director of Geiger’s International division.

At Geiger we take our role as brand protectors as seriously as brand promoters. Our team, often referred to as the ‘logo police’, are trained to help ensure that your brand’s integrity is always protected when used by us, our suppliers and indeed by your own teams.

This year, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is providing new opportunities for merchandise teams.

To mark the events surrounding this very special occasion, the Queen has approved that the usual rules governing the use of Royal Names and Titles may be temporarily relaxed to allow their use for events, projects and buildings to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee – this includes celebratory merchandise!

Under normal circumstances, the use of the Royal Arms and other Royal Devices for commercial purposes is prohibited unless the permission of the Member of the Royal Family concerned has been obtained, however not this year!

This means that companies who may be holding their own celebrations over the bank holiday weekend or wish to gift some dual branded commemorative merchandise, can take advantage of this unique relaxation of the rules to create some exciting new products.

To find out more about the new rules, you can review the official guidance here: https://www.royal.uk/sites/default/files/platinum_jubilee_souvenir_guidelines.pdf

Our teams have been busy compiling a presentation of ideas that you, your team or business might find useful. After all, who doesn’t love a bit of nostalgic merchandise!

For help in creating your own event merchandise, get in touch today and let’s see how we can help!